the Daily Mail is copping backlash online after the new site posted photos of Lisa Wilkinson drinking a cocktail alone.
The headline that accompanied the photos, read: “Lisa Wilkinson sips on a margarita as she dines alone at a restaurant in Melbourne following The Project’s recent panellist shake-up”
The images just showed Wilkinson dining at a restaurant by herself and enjoying a cocktail – interestingly it became news.
The Daily Mail‘s coverage of such a non-event subsequently made waves online, with people on Twitter calling it “intrusive” and “disgusting,”
I sometimes go to the pub by myself, but because I'm a bloke I suppose that won't make the papers.
— Steve Hall – I have a blue tick, honest. (@stevehallsydney) March 20, 2022
I thought exactly the same. I just thought (as did Lisa) that this piece was disgustingly intrusive.
— Louise Milligan (@Milliganreports) March 20, 2022
This is disgusting. Not news, not journalism. Be furious. -> Lisa Wilkinson sips on a margarita as she dines alone at a restaurant in Melbourne | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/WGViyFCXwd
— Carol Duncan (@carolduncan) March 19, 2022
Things got more interesting when Lisa Wilkinson took to Twitter to share her experience of the incident.
Wilkinson tweeted, “I was aware of a guy. He was incredibly menacing. I saw him. Walk past a half a dozen times, staring at me. I never saw a phone or camera, though. I was so concerned, I waited an hour, working until I thought he had left the area.
“Horrifying that a news org employs people like this.”
I was aware of a guy. He was incredibly menacing. I saw him walk past half a dozen times, staring at me. I never saw a phone or camera though. I was so concerned I waited an hour, working, until I thought he had left the area.
Horrifying that a news org employs people like this. https://t.co/9nxlzbiBU5
— Lisa Wilkinson (@Lisa_Wilkinson) March 20, 2022
This then led to entertainment reporter Peter Ford taking to Twitter to call Wilkinson’s “reaction odd.”
Of course, it should be flagged that Ford isn’t a woman so probably doesn’t quite understand how scary men can be to women.
I’ve been advised Lisa wasn’t staying in that hotel so I accept that. Still seems weird not to ask restaurant staff for help or call Channel 10 security – literally across the road. She should not have been made to feel uncomfortable-story was idiotic -but think reaction was odd. https://t.co/2P5YJfNhQL
— Peter Ford (@mrpford) March 20, 2022
Either way, here at B&T, we firmly believe Wilkinson should be able to enjoy her cocktail in peace.
